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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. MITCHELL, OF SAME PLACE.

FRUIT-MASH ER OR LEMON-SQUEEZER.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,199, dated September26, 1865.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. ARMING- TON,of Lowell, county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have inventeda new and Improved Device for Mashing Lemons or other Fruit, to obtainthe juice for flavoring drinks; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure l is a vertical central section of my invention. Fig. '2is a detached View of the yoke and roller pertaining to the same. Fig. 3is a cross-section ot' one of the arms through which the spindle slidesup or down.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of a plunger orfruit-masher secured t0 the lower end of a perpendicular slidingspindle, and operated by a lever connected with the top end ot' the sameby means of a yoke and roller, said roller working in a curved slot madein the shank ofthe lever, when the same is used in connection with atumbler or other similar and suitable vessel for mashing fruit to obtainthe juice for flavoring drinks.

In the drawings, A is a platform to which the stand B is fastened by ascrew or screws, u, passing through the foot b'. A lever, C, is hingedto the top of the stand B by the pin e. Arms I) and E project from thefront side of the stand B, and holes or hearings P are near the outerends, through which the spindle K slides up or down. A plunger ormasher, L, is secured to the lower end of the spindle K. The top endofthe spindle is connected with the working-lever C by means of a yoke,X, and a latter from the yoke X and withdrawing itv through the hole J.The brace H prevents the stand B from tipping backward or forward whenworking the apparatus.

The object of my invention may be easily seen: When the juice of fruitis desired for Havering drink, a portion of a lemon or other fruit isplaced within the tumbler or other vese sel beneath the masher L.Downward motion is given to the same and thel spindle K by power appliedto the lever C, meshing the fruit sufficiently to allow the juice to mixwith water or other liquid. The spring R serves to Withdraw the masherand spindle from the tumbler, which may be removed from the platform A.A spiral or other spring or a Weight may be used for withdrawing themasher from the tumbler.

I claimrIhe platform A, the stand B, with its arms I) and E, the leverO, the horn I, the yoke X, the roller o, the spindle K, the masher L,the spring It, and brace H, the whole arranged to operate substantiallyas herein set forth and shown, for the purpose specitied.

VILLIAM W. ARMINGTON.

In presence of- GEo. E. MITCHELL, JOHN E. CRANE.

